Hi
I enjoyed story. I'd like to add "A-my name is (a name game thru "Z" while bouncing your Spalding pink ball.
"Hit the Penney" , "Red Light/ Green Light", "Simon Says", "Bottle Caps", "Marbles", snowball wars one side of street, against the other. Checkers, & Dominos. "Fish" card game, etc.
"Handball," Punchball", checkers, making lanterns from winding wool around bare wooden spools that had 4 nails hammered into it, "Coloring Books", "Cutout books, skating everywhere, trading Comic Books and collecting stamps.
What fun we kids had growing up in ole Brooklyn.
P.S. TV came into our lives in 1948. Nothing was ever the same! Please see
"The Disruptor ".
Happy New Year to All